Published on: 2025-06-16 16:00:00
Silicon’s mid-life crisis AI has evolved from classical ML to deep learning to generative AI. The most recent chapter, which took AI mainstream, hinges on two phases—training and inference—that are data and energy-intensive in terms of computation, data movement, and cooling. At the same time, Moore’s Law, which determines that the number of transistors on a chip doubles every two years, is reaching a physical and economic plateau. For the last 40 years, silicon chips and digital technology ha
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-20 20:23:43
AMD has acquired Enosemi, a startup designing custom materials to support silicon photonics product development. The terms of the deal, announced Wednesday, weren’t disclosed. Silicon photonics uses light — photons — to transmit data, offering a faster and more efficient alternative to traditional electrical communication. AMD and other chipmakers have shown an increasing interest in the tech. Late last year, AMD reportedly teamed up with several Taiwan startups for a silicon photonics R&D coll
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-23 16:24:40
Electronics grade silicone adhesive saves the day... eventually. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I've been busy during the past few weeks upgrading one of my 3D printers -- the Creality K1C -- to work as a four-color 3D printer. This process has involved tearing the printer apart to replace many parts. I started the work at the beginning of the month, only to find out that the upgrade kit was missing two vital screws. That gap put the job on hold until I could get replacements. Also: You've been
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 07:55:27
I planned to write a chiplets explainer this week while traveling to and from CadenceLIVE in San Jose… but I got sucked into the broader chiplets backstory while doing research. After all, chiplets are a semiconductor manufacturing and scaling story of sorts! So I’m pivoting. This post shares the fun historical arc of transistor and IC scaling and concludes with the problems chiplets set out to overcome. A future post will pick up where this leaves off, discussing chiplets and their trade-offs.
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-08 07:43:52
The rumored iPhone 17 Air has created buzz with the prospect of a slimmed-down iPhone. But one nagging question has lingered: Would a skinny iPhone have to sacrifice battery life? The latest rumor, reported by AppleInsider, is that a skinnier iPhone might use a silicon-anode battery that could help extend its battery life. DigiTimes first reported that Japanese supplier TDK was preparing a supply of silicon-anode batteries that could store about 15% more energy compared to graphite-based batte
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-17 17:40:28
Silicon meets neuron Real neurons are cultivated inside a nutrient rich solution, supplying them with everything they need to be healthy. They grow across a silicon chip, which sends and receives electrical impulses into the neural structure. Raised in a simulation The world the neurons exist in is created by our Biological Intelligence Operating System (biOS). It runs a simulated world and sends information directly to the neurons about their environment. As the neurons react, their impulses a
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Editor's take: I have been writing about custom ASICs for many years. At one point, it became clear that some non-chip companies had grown large enough that designing their own chips made more sense than buying merchant silicon. For a time, it seemed like "everyone" was taking this path. We identified over 100 companies developing their own silicon, spanning smartphones, cars, and Wi-Fi access routers. That said, technology moves in cycles, and we may now be approaching the apex of this particul
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Rumor mill: Despite rumors that Intel has canceled its Xe3 "Celestial" GPUs, the lineup is still expected to launch later this year. Recent reports indicate that the Celestial family is currently in the pre-silicon validation phase, while a new Battlemage card could debut at Computex 2025 later this month. As part of the pre-silicon validation stage, the graphics architecture is tested with OEMs and BIOS vendors using software emulators, allowing engineers to identify issues before fabricating
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The big picture: Despite rumors that Intel has canceled its Xe3 "Celestial" GPUs, the lineup is still expected to launch later this year. Recent reports indicate that the Celestial family is currently in the pre-silicon validation phase, while a new Battlemage card could debut at Computex 2025 later this month. As part of the pre-silicon validation stage, the graphics architecture is tested with OEMs and BIOS vendors using software emulators, allowing engineers to identify issues before fabrica
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 16:41:43
It's long been the stuff of science fiction: humans achieving immortality by uploading their consciousness into a silicon virtual paradise, ruled over by a benevolent super-intelligent AI. Or maybe one dreams of leaving a dying Earth to colonize Mars or other distant planets. It's a tantalizing visionary future that has been embraced by tech billionaires in particular. But is that future truly the utopian ideal, or something potentially darker? And are those goals even scientifically feasible?
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-02 08:00:23
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority There’s very little more that I desire from the modern smartwatch. Sure, I wouldn’t say no to additional sensors to track even more health factors. I could also take slicker software and smoother animations. I’d even smile at brighter, higher-resolution screens. But beyond all those incremental improvements, I still yearn for a sizeable leap in battery life. Thankfully, that doesn’t seem too far off. We’ve already seen one of the most significant smartwatch l
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-28 20:32:55
The growing energy use of AI has gotten a lot of people working on ways to make it less power hungry. One option is to develop processors that are a better match to the sort of computational needs of neural networks, which require many trips to memory and a lot of communication between artificial neurons that might not necessarily reside on the same processor. Termed "neuromorphic" processors, this alternative approach to hardware tends to have lots of small, dedicated processing units with thei
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Ryan Haines / Android Authority The new Apple iPhone 16e has a lot going for it: an affordable price, the latest iOS features, and flagship-tier performance. Well, that last point comes with a little asterisk. The Apple A18 processor inside the iPhone 16e isn’t quite the same as the A18 in the iPhone 16 or 16 Plus, which itself is already a downgrade on the A18 Pro in the latest iPhone 16 Pro. While sliding performance for more affordable products is very much the status quo, the fact that App
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Robert Triggs / Android Authority Battery life; we can never have enough of it. Even though most smartphones from the past few years will easily take you through a day of use and possibly even two, the oldies among us still pine for those good old days when a single charge was enough to take your feature phone through a busy week. Thankfully, battery engineers are on the case, and many of today’s best flagship smartphones are now shipping with new silicon carbon batteries. This allows them to
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-14 08:45:32
The electric vehicle transition is really a story about China. There, subsidies have helped juice not just automakers, but the entire battery supply chain behind them. Those incentives, plus decades of industrial policy focused on controlled critical mineral supply chains, has left American and European automakers flat-footed. Take graphite, for example. Every lithium-ion battery today, regardless of the chemistry, requires some or all of the anode to be made of graphite, and Chinese companies
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Qualcomm unveiled its next generation of processors for gaming handhelds at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) on Monday. Fortunately, it isn't all just dry specs; the chip-maker also previewed some of its partners' portable consoles that the new silicon will power. These include new models from Ayaneo, OneXSugar and Retroid Pocket. Snapdragon chips Qualcomm The Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 (the flagship processor) has 30 percent faster CPU performance and 28 percent faster graphics than its Gen 2 p
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ZDNET's key takeaways Super-fast SSD that's speedy enough to handle Apple ProRes video recording The drive is small, thin, and light enough to attach to an iPhone without adding too much bulk or weight Systems that don't support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 will see significantly slower speeds. View now at Walmart The iPhone is a fantastic tool for both budding and professional videographers, and it can easily capture stunning shots. However, the downside of using your smartphone for recording video is th
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ZDNET's key takeaways Super-fast SSD that's speedy enough to handle Apple ProRes video recording The drive is small, thin, and light enough to attach to an iPhone without adding too much bulk or weight Systems that don't support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 will see significantly slower speeds. View now at Walmart The iPhone is a fantastic tool for both budding and professional videographers, and it can easily capture stunning shots. However, the downside of using your smartphone for recording video is th
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-25 23:30:00
is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. This embedded content failed to load. Waymo is kicking off the process of making its robotaxi service in Silicon Valley commercially available to everyone. The company announced today that its ridehailing app Waymo One will now be available 24/7 to certain customers across a 27-square-mile service area in California that i
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Still using an Intel MacBook Air? You’re now free to throw it in the recycling bin without feeling guilty. OK, maybe don’t go that far, but Intel MacBook Air users can finally upgrade to the Apple silicon version without giving up a useful feature. The M4 MacBook Air hits stores on Wednesday, March 12. Visually, the most striking change is the new sky blue version that replaces space gray, and let’s not forget the tweaked mute key icon — total game changer. Visually, the MacBook Air has been
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-11-11 11:16:00
Forward-looking: Silicon photonics could provide an alternative solution to the growing pains of purely silicon-based chips in computing and data transmission. Light-based CPUs are likely still a long way off, but connectivity is improving fast thanks to Google's X and other startup-focused ventures. Google's X company is working on the next generation of Taara, a silicon photonics technology designed to bring fast broadband speeds to some underdeveloped areas of the world. According to stateme
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February 24, 2025 PRESS RELEASE Apple will spend more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years Teams and facilities to expand in Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington Plans include a new factory in Texas, doubling the U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, a manufacturing academy, and accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans t
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Palantir co-founder and CEO Alexander Karp opens his new book with a provocative declaration: “Silicon Valley has lost its way.” Over the past decade or so, as the data analytics company rose to prominence with its work for U.S. military and intelligence, Karp has largely stayed out of the limelight. Last year, in a rare interview with The New York Times, he described himself as “progressive but not woke,” with “a consistently pro-Western view.” Now, in “The Technological Republic: Hard Power,
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